On 11 June 2013 11:34, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > 2013/6/10 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> > >> On 10 June 2013 21:32, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hey Sebb, >> > >> > Am 10.06.2013 um 21:31 schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: >> > >> >> On 9 June 2013 16:12, Benedikt Ritter <benerit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello sebb, >> >>> >> >>> Am 09.06.2013 um 16:38 schrieb sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: >> >>> >> >>>> On 9 June 2013 11:18, <brit...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>>>> Author: britter >> >>>>> Date: Sun Jun 9 10:18:42 2013 >> >>>>> New Revision: 1491175 >> >>>>> >> >>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1491175 >> >>>>> Log: >> >>>>> Use viewvc instead of raw svn url >> >>>> >> >>>> How is the url used by plugins? >> >>>> >> >>>> Will using the viewvc URL mislead users into thinking they can >> >>>> download the source from there using SVN? >> >>>> >> >>>> There are regular emails on the infra mailing lists where people >> >>>> complain they cannot use the viewwc URL with svn. >> >>>> >> >>>> I suspect changing it may cause more issues than it resolves. >> >>> >> >>> This is the config that is used for example in [LANG]. It will cause >> the Source Repository page to contain the viewvc link under the web access >> section. >> >> >> >> Yes, I understand that. >> >> >> >>> The other sections on that page use the information from <connection> >> and <developerConnection> >> >>> There should not be any problems if users read the web site carefully… >> >> >> >> Sadly, that is often not the case... (otherwise the RTFM acronym would >> >> not exist!) >> >> >> >> And even if they do, it's not made particularly obvious that the URL >> >> is not suitable for SVN client access. >> >> >> >> The section says: >> >> >> >> "The following is a link to the online source repository." - that >> >> could equally apply to SVN clients. >> >> >> >> The section header says "Web access" but "Web" does not always mean >> >> HTTP(S); it's often used loosely to mean Internet. >> >> >> >> The fixed page text really ought to be clarified. >> > >> > I've done some research and I learned that the content of the Source >> Repositories page is generated by the maven project info reports plugin [1]. >> > There is a HowTo on how to customize the static texts of the pages >> generated by the plugin [2]. >> > I don't feel that it's necessary to do the customizing, because a lot of >> the other proper components use the same default config of the plugin. For >> the time I'm registered on the ML (which is quiet short, tbh) there has >> never been a request from users about broken SVN links as far as I can >> remember. >> > >> > But if you have the feeling that the information on our web sites is >> insufficient, feel free to change this for CSV and all the other components >> ;-) >> >> The docs only mention customisation via a file local to each build. >> That would be extremely tedious for Commons. >> >> Is there a way to define the bundle in the parent somehow? >> > > I don't know for sure, but think that is not possible.
I raised a JIRA to request it as enhancement; if the feature already exists then the JIRA can be converted into a documentation omission! > I've moved this discussion to a new topic, maybe one of the others has an > idea... Good idea. >> >> > An alternative would be to raise an issue to change the default settings >> of the project info reports plugin. >> >> Yes, but that could take months or years to find its way into a release. >> > > The mills of ASF grind slowly ;-) But I don't see a better solution. Particularly some Maven plugins. I've raised the JIRAs anyway. > We could revert the commit, but that would imply to change all components > websites to point to the raw svn URL in <url> tag. I see that most poms already use the viewvc URL. It's certainly useful to have that available. So maybe a temporary solution is to copy the properties file to every component. > >> >> > Benedikt >> > >> > [1] http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/ >> > [2] >> http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-project-info-reports-plugin/examples/custom-report.html >> > >> >> >> >>> Benedikt >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>>> Modified: >> >>>>> commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Modified: commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml >> >>>>> URL: >> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml?rev=1491175&r1=1491174&r2=1491175&view=diff >> >>>>> >> ============================================================================== >> >>>>> --- commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml (original) >> >>>>> +++ commons/proper/csv/trunk/pom.xml Sun Jun 9 10:18:42 2013 >> >>>>> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ CSV files of various types. >> >>>>> <scm> >> >>>>> <connection>scm:svn: >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk</connection> >> >>>>> <developerConnection>scm:svn: >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk >> </developerConnection> >> >>>>> - <url>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/csv/trunk >> </url> >> >>>>> + <url>http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/commons/proper/csv/trunk >> </url> >> >>>>> </scm> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> <issueManagement> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > http://github.com/britter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
